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Friday, April 18, 2008

Stealing posts #01

Many times I'm reading somebody else's blog and find one of their posts extremely interesting. I've had bad thoughts, you know?

I've planned to steal those posts and make them look like mine... but then I realized that nobody would believe I'm capable of writing that kind of stuff.

So I am going to go with the runner-up idea: I'm going to start featuring those posts here, making sure that I translate them into Spanish or English according to the post's original language. You will only see the translated version here; if you want to check the post in its original language, you will have to follow the corresponding hyperlink (least I can do is to give them some blog traffic!).

The first entry comes from "Una voz en la ciudad de Québec" by Ricardo. I read it a couple months ago and have been planning to 'steal' it ever since. Its original title is "Vida más allá del blog" (Life beyond the blog). Here it is (not an exact translation):

As immigrants, as readers, we tend to idealize those whose blogs we read. We look forward to socialize. But sometimes it's too late when we realize that we don't have anything in common with them, or even worse, that it's a futile exercise because we will never see them in person.

- Who are you chatting with, Darling? - Peter, from Budapest. - You've been chatting for one hour. Do you know him personally? - No - Well, why don't you then pay attention to your kids, since you do know them? - You know what, it's true. Bye Peter!

I am deliberately aiming to spend more time with my dear family. :)However, it is very interesting to read the stories of others, too. And blogging is a great creative outlet. You can see how torn I am here. But, my family wins. They really do.